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What place was your favorite arcade from your past??
Warborg:
Haven't posted here in a long time, just lurk now and then but I figured I'd chime in for once... So many games over the years, I grew up in the arcades so my favorite game just depended on the decade I suppose... :)
Arcades... Aladin's Castle in Visalia, CA and Gold Mine in Redding, CA were the most memorable... There was another in Carpenteria, CA that I frequented but can't remember the name but hung out after school almost every day (yes, lived up and down CA)...
Some of the games I can remember dropping a lot of coins in... Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr., Tempest, Gyruss, Yie-Ar Kung Fu, Dragon's Lair/Space Ace (never got to play Dragon's Lair II until Daphne), and then all the different iterations of Street Fighter.
Now I'm old and live in Sacramento, and no real arcades here anymore... Tried gaming at Golfland Sunsplash, but the games were in a shameful state of disrepair...
popsicle:
Crystal Palace in Brookgate shopping center (Cleveland area)
I still remember my most played :
Bump n Jump
Defender
Mad Planets
Mystic Marathon
Journey
Mario Bros
Food Fight
Rastan
Black Tiger
Star Trek sit down
Sinistar sit down
Congo Bongo
Pac / Ms. Pac
and that plastic domed foos-hockey game that was popular for a bit
plus MTV on a big projection screen
ark_ader:
Golf N Stuff, Norwalk, California
Cerritos Mall Sega Center, Cerritos, California
Bobo's Arcade Downey California
Redondo Beach Arcade (downstairs by the marina) Torrance California
Disneyland Hotel Arcade, Anaheim California
The Roaring 20s Arcade at Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
mamenewb100:
While I never really had a HotSpot that I visited frequently. My biggest arcade memory was at a Cheap Skate roller rink. It was memorable because It was a school field trip where I was supposed to skate. Ended up spending 80 percent of the time there playing The Simpsons arcade game. ;o
Another memory was walking with my cousins to a local K-Mart getting an ICEE and playing Street Fighter 2 until I was out of quarters. Which was usually just a couple dollars then lol.
mcseforsale:
What about yer 7-11s? Mine had Moon Patrol and Spy Hunter. The entire reason for building my cab was:
1.) Vs. Exitebike
2.) Donkey Kong
3.) Moon Patrol
4.) Bubble Bobble
5.) Galaga
6.) Ms. PacMan
AJ